Rachel Proefke

Global Research @Restless_Uganda. Here for #YouthLedResearch 🔎 and supporting young people to develop a decent and sustainable living. All views mine.

[Rachel Proefke @RProefke]

Honoured to deliver welcome remarks to start this conversation. Here’s to the next 5 years of making these asks a reality! #WeAreRestless

[Restless Development @Restless_Uganda]

@Rachel @Restless_Uganda’s Co-Lead speaking at the launch of the National Youth Manifesto 2021-26. We hope political parties will take up the recommendations of young people of Uganda in their manifestos!

[Rachel Proefke @RProefke]

“Youth-led movements and organizations have been at the forefront of responding to the COVID crisis - but that powerful contribution is not reflected in decision-making. We need to make room for young people at the policy-making table.” - Joseph, our Young Research reminds us

[Rachel Proefke @RProefke]

Bringing diverse voices into the conversation, our partners, donors, and government actors are meditating on what these findings mean for 🇺🇬. But the conversation doesn’t end in this room. A strong #YouthCivilSociety depends on our continued action. What’s next?

[Rachel Proefke @RProefke]

@alexkent @RosannePWhite @FreyaSeath @RestlessDev

[Rachel Proefke @RProefke]

Our #YouthLedResearch shows the power of youth leadership to respond to COVID-19 and the resilience of global youth movements to leverage momentum on shared priorities. We will face more crises. What more can we do to strengthen #YouthCivilSociety to lead us in the future?

[Rachel Proefke @RProefke]

So pleased to hear that our partners are as committed to the call to action our young researchers have shared as we at @Restless_Uganda are! We can not strengthen #YouthCivilSociety alone. We must come together - CSOs, donors, & gov - to build back better.

[DGFUganda @DGFUganda17]

@DGFUganda17 remains committed to supporting young people & youth-led CSOs, & to also help bring in a youth perspective among our other partners. - The Head of Facility Nicole Bjerler has said at the launch and dissemination of the #YouthCivilSociety report. @Restless_Uganda

[Rachel Proefke @RProefke]

Excited to launch: “a conversation that pushes us to remake a robust, resourced, and connected youth civil society”. #YouthCivilSociety #YouthLedResearch @RestlessDev @Restless_Uganda

[Glorie Nassary @NassaryGlorie]

Day 2 of the @MastercardFdn #YouthThinkTank Refresher Training by @Restless_Uganda was packed with exciting discussions, debate and lessons focused on building our capacity to conduct #Youthledresearch #WeAreRestless

[Rachel Proefke @RProefke]

From one inspiring #YouthLedResearch 🔎 moment 🇿🇼 to another 🇿🇲, it's been a full week of bright ideas! 💡Meet our Zambian young researchers who are examining the sensitive sexual & reproductive health issues that affect their peers' lives. #WeAreRestless @RestlessPerry

[Rachel Proefke @RProefke]

Making youth research fun, credible and meaningful is definitely something I can get behind. Loving the ideas that came out of this brainstorming. 💪🏼 💡#YouthLedResearch 🔎

[Restless Development @RestlessDevZim]

This is what young people said during the #Entebbe2019 Pre-Youth Conference: (i)value peer to peer youth-led research, (ii)make research fun(iii)legitimize youth-research(iv)create opportunities for engagement &exchange digitally & in person. #YouthLedResearch #Researchforusbyus

[Rachel Proefke @RProefke]

And the results are in! These are the 4 ways that we can support young people doing research: 🔎 #YouthLedResearch #ResearchForUsByUs

[Emma_Lubas @EmmaLubas]

And here are 4 quick ways to support young people to more meaningfully engage in research! @chinembiristeve @restless_dev @RProefke #APC2019 @MastercardFdn #youthledresearch

[Rachel Proefke @RProefke]

"What can we do to support young people to more meaningfully engage in research spaces?" That's the question everyone is discussing at this #YouthLedResearch 🔎pre-conference event. Stay tuned to see what everyone comes up with! 💡#ResearchForUsByUs #WeAreRestless @RestlessPerry

[Regional SRHR Fund @CafeSRHR]

Well said by @RProefke from @Restless_Uganda challenging the notion of who owns research & what’s considered “credible” research @SwedeninZM @hivosrosa @Tamarajonsson1 @RestlessDevZim @ZLshtm

[Rachel Proefke @RProefke]

"The deaf are speaking. It's we the hearing who need to learn to listen." So inspiring to meet the deaf researchers leading #YouthLedResearch with
@RestlessDevZim! We must challenge ourselves to make research accessible for all young people. #ResearchForUsByUs #WeAreRestless

[Ziiwa Aloysius @aloysiusziiwa]

"Conducting Research 🔍🔎 is a skill anyone can learn, and that's why we at @Restless_Uganda use the Peer to Peer 👫 approach in conducting our Research, b'se y'ng people are best placed to resonate their challenges & find solutions @RProefke"
@hivos @CafeSRHR #ReserchForUsByUs

[Rachel Proefke @RProefke]

And they're off! We've piled all 41 of our #YouthThinkTank researchers and 4 of our alumni into 2 busses, and they're off to the field to pretest our #YouthLedResearch tools! 🔎 Can't wait to hear what reflections 💡our teams come back with! 💪 #WeAreRestless @MastercardFdn

[Restless Development @Restless_Uganda]

Interested in building agricultural #technologies for young people and how to carry out meaningful #youth engagement & #research? Join our young researchers in a free, fun & informative #webinar tomorrow at 4:30PM! There's a tip for everybody to learn🤗!
https://t.co/7glKoPL6lY

[Rachel Proefke @RProefke]

What you missed over the weekend: We set up a research ethics marketplace around 3 spotlight sessions—ethics 101, informed consent and safeguarding in research. All part of our commitment to ensure that our #YouthLedResearch respects and protects our respondents!

[Rachel Proefke @RProefke]

As we wrap up our first week together, our #YouthThinkTank team are developing the big research questions that will direct our focus. Want to know what they will be looking at? Stay tuned. #YouthLedResearch #WeAreRestless @Cath_Rodg @RestlessPerry @Restless_Uganda

[Rachel Proefke @RProefke]

We've asked young people:
- how they are getting by;
- what constrains their business expansion;
- how they succeed in the hospitality sector; and
- what they need to design and use agritech.
What will this cohort add to our growing evidence base on young people's living?